Cooler air is on the way behind the front as the air temperature will struggle to top out in the mid-60s today and drop into the low- to mid-40s tonight and into Wednesday, Carboni said.

For Wednesday, the sky should clear and temperature will warm up to the mid-60s, he said.

Southeast Texas still is in "severe drought," according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. "Severe" refers to the second lowest intensity of drought with "extreme" and "exceptional" listed as the two most intense categories.

For the year, Southeast Texas is 2.65 inches ahead of normal rainfall for this date since Jan. 1. A normal year's rainfall is 60.47 inches and the region has had 57.23 inches since Jan. 1, Carboni said.

Normal rainfall to this date is 54.58 inches. However, the region is in a 7-inch deficit since Sept. 1, Carboni said.